recent works
Awareness Ribbon
Wood, rubber, graphite
20-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches
The awareness ribbon has become a universal symbol of remembrance, solidarity, and support. We wear ribbons to acknowledge loss, stand with survivors, and bring visibility to issues that have too often remained unseen.
Constructed from wood, rubber, and a graphite pencil, Awareness Ribbon suggests that awareness alone is not enough. The pencil transforms the familiar symbol into one of education, documentation, truth-telling, and public understanding. Recognition is the beginning, but lasting change depends upon our willingness to examine what has been made visible.
A MIRror of DREAD Project Mission
Coercive control as the systematic erosion of autonomy: Offering a comprehensive, evidence-based understanding of "Domestic" Violence.
A MIRror of DREAD was created from the belief that lived experience can become a resource for others. It transforms lived experience into public understanding through visual art, writing, and education.
The project brings light to what is often hidden. Violence, coercive control, and abuse frequently thrive in silence, stigma, and misunderstanding. By making visible the patterns of power, control, intimidation, and exploitation that are too often dismissed, minimized, or overlooked, it seeks to foster awareness, deepen understanding, strengthen accountability, and contribute to the prevention of future harm.
Many of the artworks and writings are derived from actual emails, text messages, threats, legal documents, and lived experiences that were intended to silence, intimidate, control, or diminish me. By transforming these materials into art and public dialogue, I reclaim my autonomy and authorship. What was intended to instill fear becomes evidence, examination, and understanding.
A MIRror of DREAD challenges stigma by encouraging open conversation and critical examination of coercive control and its impact on individuals, communities, institutions, and society. What was intended to silence becomes a voice—an act of witness, resistance, liberation, and prevention.
I do not want revenge. I want understanding.
Coercive control can be recognized.
What is recognized can be named.
What is named can be understood.
What is understood can be confronted.
What is confronted can, ultimately, be prevented.